Chief Minister's Special NLUP Launched at CM Constituency

Aizawl, Aug 28 : With hardly three months to go before the state assembly polls, Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla on Tuesday launched the 'Chief Minister's Special New Land Use Policy' (NLUP) Scheme at Serchhip, his constituency, by distributing upto Rs 20,000 to each beneficiary, an official statement said on Tuesday.

While around Rs one lakh each was distributed to each family in the Congress flagship programme the NLUP, launched on February 14, 2011, and meant for providing permanent livelihood to the beneficiaries, the Chief Minister's Special NLUP was to be distributed to people who could not perform any work due to sickness, disability or any other reasons.

Lal Thanhawla claimed the NLUP was a huge success and a blessing to the people of Mizoram while expressing the hope that the Chief Minister's Special NLUP would also be a blessing to the poorest of the poor.

The distribution would continue tn different parts of the state, the statement added.